Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Archives - Foss Maritime Company, LLC

First U.S. Flagged LNG Bunker Barge

Waren Groom — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 13:42:35 +0000

The Project:

Foss Maritime has been deeply involved in the design and construction of the first U.S. flagged liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barge, the Clean Jacksonville. Foss provided project management and bunkering operations, as well as subject matter expertise and formed an LNG operations team who will operate the barge in support of Tote Maritime Puerto Rico’s, LNG-Powered, Marlin Class Vessels.

Services Provided:

Naval Architecture
Marine Engineering
Project Management

Highlights:

The Clean Jacksonville has a towing speed of up to 8 knots and a storage capacity of 2,200 m3, with atmospheric membrane tanks that conform to the hull shape to maximize use of space.
The barge uses the latest leak detection technology and emergency shutdown systems to meet strict regulatory requirements.
LNG vessels have made more than 105,000 LNG carrier voyages without major accidents or safety problems, either in port or at sea.
Foss worked with the U.S. Coast Guard to develop a recruitment process to define areas of expertise required for crew positions.
Foss provided detailed risk assessments, HAZID/HAZOPS, Waterway Suitability Studies, contingency plans and emergency response plans.

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Foss Completes Multi-year Sakhalin Sealift

Waren Groom — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 13:07:58 +0000

The Project:

During the 2016 and 2017 ice-free seasons, Foss completed a major sealift to an oilfield development project on remote Sakhalin Island off the coast of eastern Russia – including delivery of the largest land-based drill rig in the world. Traveling more than 240,000 nautical miles, the project included multiple tows from Texas and South Korea. Fifteen barges, 15 ocean-going tugs, and six shallow-draft tugs safely and successfully delivered 39 modules weighing as much as 2,600 tons.

Services Provided:

International Project Cargo Transportation
Oil Field Services
Project Management and Logistics
Ocean Towing
Naval Architecture and Engineering

Highlights:

Land-based drill rig deconstructs into 14 modules for transportation from Brownsville, Texas, to Sakhalin Island, requiring five tug and barge sets.
Delivered 10 piperacks and 15 processing modules from Ulsan, South Korea.
Provided bathymetric surveying and placed navigation buoys and mooring anchors to account for ice coverage and changing navigable channels.
On-site teams provided engineering and naval architecture solutions, ballasting, stevedores, and local interface in Brownsville, Ulsan and Odoptu.
A dedicated project management team assisted in permitting and local compliance and managed local labor.

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Sealift To The Alaskan Arctic

charityg — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:33:59 +0000

The Project:

Point Thomson in the Alaskan Arctic had previously been thought too remote to develop, but Foss was able to meet the logistical challenge and successfully complete two separate sealifts in support of a major oil exploration development project. While operating in extreme conditions of first year ice a meter thick, Foss safely pioneered a new route across the North Slope. For the first sealift, Foss delivered three tank modules. For the second, four tugs, including the Michele on her maiden voyage, towed four barges carrying seven oil field modules 2,300 miles to the Alaskan petroleum field. The modules supply fuel and are critical to the development and operation of the Alaskan North Slope project.

Services Provided:

Oil field development
Ocean towing
Project cargo and logistics

Highlights:

For the first lift Foss provided two barges, two ocean-going tugs, and two assist tugs, including the shallow draft tug Emmett Foss, making its first voyage after its construction at Foss Rainier Shipyard.
For the second lift four tugs, including the first of three Arctic Class tugs built at the Rainier yard, the Michele on her maiden voyage, towed four barges carrying seven oil field modules.
Successfully operating with only 6.5’ of draft at the delivery site.
The first three modules weighed more than 1,250 tons, and the second seven had an individual maximum module weight of 2,685 short tons.
Safely and on or ahead of schedule completed the voyage from Ulsan, South Korea 2,300 miles to the Alaskan petroleum field.

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CD5 Bridge Components Delivered

charityg — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:18:07 +0000

The Project:

Foss Maritime transported 11,000 tons of construction materials for the Conoco Philips – CD5 bridge project to build four bridges across the Colville River connecting Conoco’s Alpine Facility to a satellite operation in the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska (NPRA). In voyages in August and November 2013, concrete deck panels and bridge girders were towed from Tacoma, WA to Valdez, AK and stored to await transit over the ice roads to the construction site by Foss’s sister company Carlile Transportation.

Services Provided:

Domestic Project Cargo Transportation
Oil Field Services
Construction Support
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Ocean Towing
Voyage Planning

Highlights:

Worked in partnership with Carlile Transportation and ConocoPhillips to successfully deliver bridge components to a remote, arctic site.
In August 2013, the Ocean Pathfinder towed a 330’ x 86’ barge laden with 6,700 short tons of concrete deck panels and bridge girders from Tacoma to Valdez.
In November 2013, the Lauren Foss towed a similar barge laden with 4,500 short tons of bridge girders, construction materials and equipment.
Specially designed stanchions were engineered to assure proper stowage and sea fastening of roadway panels.

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Kearl Oil Sands Module Transport

charityg — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:32:28 +0000

The Project:

Foss Maritime successfully delivered 155 Korean-built modules in support of the Kearl Oil Sands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta – one of Canada’s largest open-pit mining operations. The oversized modules were transported in 40 trips up the Columbia and Snake river system from Vancouver, WA to Pasco, WA and Lewiston, ID on barges retrofitted to operate in river conditions and travel in tandem. They were then transshipped to Canada to create the Kearl Sands state-of-the-art processing facility in the Athabasca Oil Sands region of northern Alberta.

Services Provided:

Harbor Towing
Project Cargo & Logistics
Ballasting & Mooring
Marine Engineering
Construction Support

Highlights:

Worked in partnership with Imperial Oil, ExxonMobil, Fluor, and Mammoet
ransported 155 pieces of production equipment sized up to 120’ by 24’ and 25’ high
Designed and fabricated ballasting systems for the barge Sitka; Upgraded and improved the system in barge 286-3
Provided ballasting in Lewiston, ID while modules were safely unloaded
Foss vessels the P.J. Brix tug pushed the barges while the Betsy L tug pulled the barges on a towline
The Kearl Sands project could eventually produce up to 345,000 barrels of oil per day
The complex and logistically challenging project was completed on time and ahead of schedule

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Aid to Haiti

charityg — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:48:35 +0000

The Project:

Delivery of the first emergency food aid to Haiti after the massive January 2010 earthquake; delivery of military equipment and supplies and ongoing food aid; providing five sets of dedicated tugs and barges for liner assistance.

Services Provided:

Project Cargo & Logistics
Ocean Towing
Liner Services
Emergency & Ongoing
Food Aid Delivery

Highlights:

Delivered nearly 80,000 tons of food aid in 4,000 containers over eight-months
Provided five sets of dedicated ocean tugs and barges to deliver military supplies: 896 containers weighing 78,828 measurement tons
Provided 340’ x 94’ barge used for salvage operations and heavy lift cargo operations
First U.S. flagged company to provide a coordinated response with the U.S. government

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Alaskan Shipwreck Fuel Removal

charityg — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:55:31 +0000

The Project:

Assisted in heavy bunker fuel removal from the wreckage of the Princess Kathleen, which sank after grounding on Point Lena near Juneau, Alaska, in 1952. In order to mitigate potential environmental damage, Foss worked in conjunction with Global Diving & Salvage, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to extract over 300,000 gallons of bunker fuel and oily water from the wreck and transport it to a waste oil-recycling center. To secure the vessels on location, Foss designed and installed a four point mooring system aboard the barge.

Services Provided:

Salvage Operations
Marine Engineering
Pollution Control Equipment
Project Cargo & Logistics
Subsea Site Survey & Mapping

Highlights:

Provided the tank barge Foss 248 P-2, and the ocean-going tug the Halle Foss to assist in the fuel removal and transportation
Provided project management and a project team for 24 hour operations lasting over 90 days
Worked within the USCG National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Designed a site specific mooring system to secure the response vessels above the Princess Kathleen, which lay on a slope between 52 and 134 feet depths within 1000 feet of Lena Point
Deployed oil spill response equipment and materials from the barge to contain free floating oil

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Doosan Crane Delivery

charityg — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:16:21 +0000

The Project:

Transported two Rail Mounted Quay Cranes from Masan, South Korea to Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, North Carolina. Foss provided marine transportation services for Dongbang Transport Logistics Co. and Doosan Heavy Industries in support of US military operations at one of their primary east coast deep-water ports. The ocean voyage covered 10,834 nautical miles through hazardous weather conditions, and was successfully completed on schedule without incident.

Services Provided:

Turnkey Ocean Towing
Project Cargo & Logistics
Marine Engineering
Construction Support
Ballasting and Mooring
US Flag and Preference Cargo

Highlights:

Completed the 10,834 nautical mile journey in 71 days, and despite encountering three separate cyclones, delivered the cargo in good condition, on time, and on budget
Transported two large Container Handling Rail Mounted Quayside Cranes, totalling 1,900 metric tons each
Worked in a collaborative effort with Dongbang Transport Logistics Company and Doosan Heavy Industries, both based in South Korea
Designed and provided ballasting and mooring solutions in both South Korea and North Carolina, using both Foss Maritime management and ballasting crews at both ports

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Historic Voyage to Revelstoke

charityg — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:15:57 +0000

The Project:

Pioneering a new route, Foss delivered a fully constructed 190-ton turbine to Revelstoke, Canada. Arriving from Brazil, the turbine was towed from Portland, OR to Pasco, WA. Moving then overland a heavy haul contractor transported the turbine to above the Grand Coulee Dam, where it was loaded onto a sectional barge that had been engineered and built for the remaining 335 nautical miles. Plotting a never-before commercially traversed 45-mile stretch of the Columbia River, Foss worked in conjunction with B.C. Hydro to regulate the flow of water in three dams to minimize the current and provide the needed depth.

Services Provided:

Turbine Transportation
Project Towing
Project Cargo & Logistics
Naval Architecture &
Marine Engineering
Voyage Planning & Mapping

Highlights:

Transported a 23’ diameter by 12’4”, 190-ton electric turbine runner to Revelstoke, where it will generate 500 MW capacity; enough power to service the equivalent of 40,000 homes at peak demand
Surveyed and plotted the first commercial course above the Coulee Dam into British Columbia, Canada to the Hugh Keenleyside Dam
Provided four tugs: Lewiston of the Columbia River Fleet and the Cougar, Pine Cat, and River Chief to navigate the barge through currents and rapids running up to 9 knots
Designed a sectional barge 160’ x 40’ with two 300-horsepower thrusters, installed in reverse on the front to provide power and steerage for the fore and aft of the barge

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Motiva Refinery Expansion

charityg — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:46:25 +0000

The Project:

Transportation of oil-production modules from fabrication yards in Maine and South Carolina to a facility in Port Arthur, Texas in support of a $7 billion expansion project to create the largest refinery in the U.S. and the eighth largest in the world. Foss provided marine transportation services to the Bechtel Jacobs Joint Venture, which was the EPC contractor to Motiva Enterprises LLC (jointly owned by Saudi Refining, Inc. and Shell Oil Company).

Services Provided:

Module Transportation
Sea Fastening Analysis
Cargo Stow Planning
Mooring Analysis
Scheduling & Voyage Planning
Ballasting & Assist Tug Operations

Highlights:

Transported 103 modules, averaging 550 short tons with dimensions of 80’-140’ x 30’-50’ x 40’-65’
The heaviest module transported: 1,100 short tons
14 tows completed
Travelled 51,911 nautical miles over 311 sea days
Total cargo value: $490,000,000

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